On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 08:45:34PM -0500, Graham Davies wrote: > Here's an even quicker way to deal with SMT components (quicker than the > pre-tin one end, flux, etc. method). Buy a syringe of solder paste ...
OK, have my solder paste now. And you're right, it's just the thing for the little ones! > Of course, you can go the whole hog and use a toaster oven. I have a > modified toaster oven that I use for small batch assembly with a proper > laser-cut stencil. Many thanks for that idea, Graham. I hadn't heard if it. A little googling provided a wealth of detail. One day I must try the upturned (clothes) iron method, where the PCB is slid onto the hot iron, and off again when the solder has reflowed, after a few seconds. It's only going to work for the one side, I guess, but so far I've only put a few componenets on the back. They could be hand soldered afterwards. (And now, more easily. :-) I like the idea of most of the heat reaching the solder before the chips. Erik _______________________________________________ AVR-chat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-chat
